Event

Animated Jazz Experiments

There's a long history of animators and Jazz musicians working together. Most notable amongst them is John and Faith Hubley, who we featured prominently in last year's Earshot program. This year we explore that marriage a little closer to home. Sarah Jane Lapp is a Seattle-based Renaissance woman, visual artist and filmmaker, who typically takes on abstract and ethnographic subjects in her finely rendered hand-drawn experimental animations. Mark Dresser is a Jazz impresario who emerged from the L.A. "free" jazz scene of the early 70's, and is often considered one of the master bassists of modern jazz. Lapps dreamy animation combined with the improvisational elements of Dressers music creates sonorous textural explorations of memory, place and social nostalgia in our religious imaginations. Join us for the world premiere of Dresser live accompaniment to many of Lapps animations including the Seattle premiere of her newest Chronicles of A Professional Eulogist. Please note this event is held at the Seattle Asian Art Museum.